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Celebrating Vettel

For any motor sport fan, to be present when a championship is won is a very special moment. I've been lucky enough to be at the last six championship deciders.…

29th October 2013

By 3Bimport

Something has to be done in Formula 1

It was David Coulthard on the podium that started me thinking. There was Sebastian Vettel enjoying a richly deserved fourth consecutive World Championship but DC appeared far more interested in…

The state of IndyCar

It was good to watch a hard-fought IndyCar season-closer in California with Scott Dixon taking a very deserving third championship. Dixon has now won three IndyCar titles in 2003, ’08…

28th October 2013

By Gordon Kirby

Indian Grand Prix – epilogue

Sebastian Vettel’s fourth world title has now put him alongside Alain Prost in terms of championships won. He’s only one away from Fangio’s record and three titles from the ‘unbeatable’…

28th October 2013

2013 Indian Grand Prix report

And then there were four: Sebastian Vettel has won his fourth Formula 1 World Championship and his name now sits alongside Alain Prost, Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher. As…

27th October 2013

Indian Grand Prix – day two

News that MotoGP’s Motegi race was facing delays had made its way to us here in the Indian Grand Prix’s media centre. The torrential rain and fog was unfortunate, but…

26th October 2013

Indian Grand Prix – day one

Thanks to the advice of our features editor Simon Arron, we're staying in a decent hotel here in India that is blessed with a curry-serving restaurant called Flavours. All of…

25th October 2013

I was there when... 2011 Indian GP

The scare stories were manifold, but it’s always best to speak as you find. Obtaining a visa for the inaugural Indian Grand Prix was a masterclass in precision – if…

Putting the work in away from the track

In hindsight I shouldn’t have asked. If you want a short list of drivers who also had interesting jobs outside of motor racing don’t ask Motor Sport writers Paul Fearnley…

24th October 2013

Articles from the archive

March's orders

The dates for the two major events at Goodwood next season have been announced. The Festival of Speed moves to the weekend of July 12-14 and now follows a week…

December 2001 Issue

Barrichello tops Patrese's record

Rubens Barrichello celebrated his 257th Grand Prix in Turkey, establishing a new record for the greatest number of starts. Riccardo Patrese, who established the previous record when he competed in…

July 2008 Issue

Air A Mild Mystery

Having got over a phobia I had as a boy, that if I took too great an interest in aeroplanes this might detract from my enthusiasm for cars (earlier I…

April 1996 Issue

By Bill Boddy

Ford Fiesta Auto

Ford is naturally very chuffed over the infinitely-variable transmission it has applied to the Fiesta (although it modestly refrains from badging the car as anything out of the ordinary) and…

October 1987 Issue

By Bill Boddy

Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé

I spent a morning earlier this month at Goodwood poring over the new Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé and found myself coveting it like no Rolls since the Ghost. It’s the best…

April 2008 Issue

By Andrew Frankel

That rare thing—good service

Sir, One hears many complaints about the service given by garages and I have had my fair share. It is a pleasure therefore to record that recently when the throttle…

July 1971 Issue

BRITISH CARS IN GREAT BRITAIN

HOW many motorists in this country listen and respond to the slogan " Buy British ? " Or put another way, how many British motorists drive British cars ? Some…

February 1934 Issue

"Your Engine Pinks"

it vutker because the accumulation of carbon on piston and cylinder heads has decreased the size of the combustion chamber and so increased the compression ratio of 6 to i…

May 1935 Issue

PROMISING NEW FRAZER-NASH

PROMISING NEW FRAZER-NASH Supercharged o.h.v. Engine and Entirely New Body among the interesting features of Ulster II Model THE latest addition to the range of Frazer Nash cars is the…

July 1932 Issue

Air

Some Random Reflections on the 1920s I was fascinated to read, in your September issue, the "Memories of the Austin Whippet", as I cut my internal combustion teeth on the…

March 1981 Issue

SIMMONS

GROSVENOR 1188 SIMMONS GROSVENOR 2635 offers from a varied stock of distinctive sports and Rolls-Royce carriages ROLLS-ROYCE 21.6 Replica, Chassis No. GFN 22 (1940) 4-door drophead coupe by Southern. Receipts…

July 1953 Issue